For Openers

UVA’s 13-game winning streak is its longest since winning 19 straight to start the 2014-15 season.

The 13-game winning streak is currently the third longest in NCAA Division I.

UVA is 10-0 in the ACC for the first time since starting 12-0 in 1980-81.

UVA’s 21-1 record is its best record since starting 28-1 in 2014-15.

As of Feb. 1, UVA ranks first nationally in scoring defense (52.7 ppg), turnovers per game (9.1) and winning percentage (95.5%), second in fouls per game (13.7), third in field goal percentage defense (37.6%), fifth in 3-point field goal percentage defense (29.7%), sixth in turnover margin (5.4), seventh in scoring margin (16.8), 13th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.46) and 22nd in free throw percentage (76.8%).

Broadcast Information

The Virginia-Syracuse contest will be televised on the ACC Network and streamed online on ACC Network Extra (ESPN3.com) and ESPN App, and broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Athletics mobile app on iTunes or Android.

The Orange shot under 40 percent against the nation’s top scoring defense and managed just three assists on 23 baskets.

Virginia led 29-26 at halftime and eventually led by as many as 14 in its seventh straight win.

Getting Defensive

UVA has limited its foes to 52.7 points per game (2nd best in school history) and has held 10 opponents to fewer than 50 points (UNCG, Austin Peay, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Savannah State, Hampton, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Clemson).

Six opponents (UNCG, Austin Peay, Savannah State, North Carolina, Georgia Tech & Clemson) have committed more turnovers than made field goals.

UVA has held 17 opponents to 60 or fewer points.

UVA has held 17 foes to less than 43 percent shooting.

The Cavaliers have held 12 opponents to less than 30 percent shooting from 3-point range.

The Cavaliers are 74-2 when limiting their opponents to fewer than 50 points under head coach Tony Bennett (10-0 in 2017-18).

Bennett-coached teams are 99-3 when holding opponents to fewer than 50 points during his 12-year coaching career.

In 2016-17, Virginia led the nation in scoring defense (56.4 ppg) for the third time under Bennett.

Bennett-coached teams have led the nation in scoring defense four times and finished in the top-five nationally in eight of 11 seasons.

About the Cavaliers

UVA is led by tri-captains Devon Hall, Isaiah Wilkins and Jack Salt.

The announcement of Hall, Wilkins and Salt marked the first time in Bennett’s 12-year head coaching career where he officially named team captains.

UVA has averaged 69.2 points per game (second most under Bennett) on offense, while yielding a nation-leading 52.7 ppg (second lowest in school history) on defense.

UVA has started Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy, Hall, Wilkins and Salt in each of its 22 games.

UVA is one of eight schools to have the same starting five this season (Army West Point, Duke, Elon, Nebraska, Purdue, UNLV and UTSA).

Guy leads the team in scoring at 15.5 points per game and has reached double figures in 19 games, including a career-high 29 points at VCU (11/17/17).

Hall has averaged 12.7 points, which is 4.3 points higher than last year’s average of 8.4 points.